This is probably the second most popular question we are asked. Our answer generally is - what about it? Big A is a very social, well adjusted, out going young lady. Certainly she is not going to lose those traits by being schooled at home? We are also very lucky to live in a neighborhood that is bursting at the seams with children! Once it is 4:00 kids are out on the street playing cricket, soccer, capture the flag or a combination of all of the games. She has swim classes at the neighborhood pool. She goes for dance classes on the weekends. Her best friends have never been in school but have been in our own neighborhood.
I have been thinking quite a bit about this issue (for obvious reasons!) I have come to the conclusion that there is nothing socially that can be learned at 9 or 10 that cannot be learned later in life. I simply cannot buy the argument that we are handicapping our children for "real" life by removing them from school.
I have also started to see and hear about the negativity that comes from many kids at school. The girls are starting to be mean to each other. Friendships start and end and start again. Do we really do our children any favor by not sheltering them from the cruelty that can come with childhood?
Ours is a one year experiment - we will have to see what happens. Stay tuned!
I have been thinking quite a bit about this issue (for obvious reasons!) I have come to the conclusion that there is nothing socially that can be learned at 9 or 10 that cannot be learned later in life. I simply cannot buy the argument that we are handicapping our children for "real" life by removing them from school.
I have also started to see and hear about the negativity that comes from many kids at school. The girls are starting to be mean to each other. Friendships start and end and start again. Do we really do our children any favor by not sheltering them from the cruelty that can come with childhood?
Ours is a one year experiment - we will have to see what happens. Stay tuned!
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